Lawd bless the new weigh ins, 3 of 10 best fights of the year on the last 3 cards

[ExitLUPin]

UFC 199 - Reyes/Kim FOTY contender
Ottawa - Bosse/OConnell fringe FOTY contender
FN RDA/Eddie - Jouban/Muhammad top 10 FOTY

and we still have Hoy/Derrick and especially RDA/Eddie which could be a FOTY contender, left

 

[VitorReem]

I'd rather have shittier fights and the asses revealed again. I missed out on JJ camel today cuz of this weigh in garbage and I'm pissed about it!!!

 

[hot carl]

can someone enlighten me as to what changes were made to weigh in protocol?

 

[NTylerWeTrust]

can someone enlighten me as to what changes were made to weigh in protocol?

Had to ask this earlier myself.

Official weighins happen early in the morning, what they film and show is just the results, no actual weighing involved. That is why no one strips down to thongs and thats a huge loss to some.

 

[hot carl]

Had to ask this earlier myself.

Official weighins happen early in the morning, what they film and show is just the results, no actual weighing involved. That is why no one strips down to thongs and thats a huge loss to some.

wtf???

i still dont understand. they weigh in earlier in an empty venue?

i dont see connection between ass floss and early weigh ins.

 

[NTylerWeTrust]

wtf???

i still dont understand. they weigh in earlier in an empty venue?

i dont see connection between ass floss and early weigh ins.

They weigh early in the morning (10 AM ish) and thats the official weight. They can now hydrate and the such. Later in the day the do "weighins" in front of the crowds but mainly its for the face offs.


The thongs comment is because I like see girls like Meisha and Cat dress down, we don't get that anymore because the girls just stay in normal clothes.

 

[hot carl]

They weigh early in the morning (10 AM ish) and thats the official weight. They can now hydrate and the such. Later in the day the do "weighins" in front of the crowds but mainly its for the face offs.


The thongs comment is because I like see girls like Meisha and Cat dress down, we don't get that anymore because the girls just stay in normal clothes.

ok. thank you.

why did they change things?

 

[NTylerWeTrust]

ok. thank you.

why did they change things?

Not one to answer that but the first time they did it was 199. It gives the fighters more time to hydrate and recover.

 

[hot carl]

Not one to answer that but the first time they did it was 199. It gives the fighters more time to hydrate and recover.

i thought that might be teh case.

i really hate weight cutting.

 

[NTylerWeTrust]

i thought that might be teh case.

i really hate weight cutting.

Me too, this helps those that cut more and more time to recover, not what I would like to see but at least cutting weight is legal and if the fighter can do it safely and be ready for fight not and bring it, I"m ok with it.

 

[hot carl]

Me too, this helps those that cut more and more time to recover, not what I would like to see but at least cutting weight is legal and if the fighter can do it safely and be ready for fight not and bring it, I"m ok with it.

as so much of the cut goes on behind closed doors, we will never know if its safe.

rumble used to fight at 170. no telling what kind of long term damage he might have sustained to his kidneys etc.

fighter safety has to be paramount. giving them more time to re-hydrate is, imho, going to encourage more drastic cuts.

more time to replenish = more weight than can be cut.